What comes first.. multiplication or transpose?

What would I do first in a problem like this:

-2(AB)^T

Obviously first I work work AB. But then would I do the tranpose before multiple -2 in, or multiply -2 in before doing the transpose? I know they end up in the same answer but what way is correct? Which first?

Re: What comes first.. multiplication or transpose?

Originally Posted by kmjt

What would I do first in a problem like this:

-2(AB)^T

Obviously first I work work AB. But then would I do the tranpose before multiple -2 in, or multiply -2 in before doing the transpose? I know they end up in the same answer but what way is correct? Which first?